The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in achievement among eighth grade students enrolled in the public schools in the State of Florida and the Republic of Korea in mathematics and science. The study also compared the differences among fifteen learning-related variables using data collected from teachers and parents in the two societies. Finally, this study examined educational leaders' judgements as to the relative importance of these variables on student achievement. / Four groups of representative subjects participated in this study: (1) eighth grade students; (2) teachers; (3) parents of elementary and secondary school students; and, (4) educational leaders such as educational researchers and professors, administrators from state or national, district or provincial, and school levels, and teachers from public school systems. / Fifteen variables were compared in this study including: number of instructional days in a school year; allocated time on instruction; overall educational cost per student; class size; teacher qualifications; teacher's salary; amount and variety of instructional materials; use of national radio and television lessons; amount of homework assigned to students; teachers' most often used teaching strategy; frequency and format of examinations; private tutorial support; the amount of time spent by parents on helping their children with their homework; and teachers' and parents' attitudes toward education, school, and classroom activities. / T-test and Chi-square analyses were used to analyze the data. The results found that Korean students outperformed Florida students on overall achievement and higher-level learning in both science and mathematics tests. On lower-level learning, the differences in science achievement was not found to be significant between Florida students and Korean students. This study also found differences in the presence and occurrence of the 15 variables between Florida and Korea. The relative importance of examined variables were found to be differently rated by educational leaders from the two societies. Finally, implications of the findings and suggestions of further studies were presented. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-09, Section: A, page: 3053. / Major Professor: Robert M. Morgan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76726 |
| Contributors | Lin, Lucia Shih-ling., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 240 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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